barrack

Examples

• All

• Twelve participants lived in trailers, seven in barracks, and four in houses.

  Academic text (2017)

• Barracks are gonna be in the southwest corner.

  Big George Foreman (2023)

• - How are the barracks, by the way?

  Flyboys (2006)

• The barracks are in pretty regular use.

  Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)

• How many more are in the barracks?

  The Lost City (2005)

• The directors of the Military Social Club were taken to the barracks of the military police.

  Academic text (1997)

• I have sent to the barracks for a mechanic.

  The Quiet American (1958)

• Groups of workers would get together in the barracks with a bottle of aguardiente and play cards.

  Academic text (1996)

• As such, it boasted its own barracks, support structures, and a small shrine.

• The Weapons store is guarded around the clock, and it's fenced off inside the barracks.

  Desired (2015)

Synonyms

B

billet

vsbarrack

• Jargon

5 8.6

A place in a home where soldiers stay

describes official military buildings rather than civilian or private lodging

C

cantonment

vsbarrack

• Specialized

1 9.9

A military camp where soldiers live temporarily

is a general building term not limited to temporary or camp use

C

caserne

vsbarrack

9.9

A building where soldiers live and sleep

is the common English name for that same soldier housing

B

barracks

vsbarrack

2.3

Buildings where soldiers live and sleep

focuses on the buildings used to house military personnel rather than communal life

M

military quarters

vsbarrack

3.7

Places on a military base where soldiers live

names the specific grouped buildings used to house soldiers on site

A

army hut

vsbarrack

3.1

A small temporary building where soldiers sleep and live during training or war

denotes larger or more permanent grouped buildings rather than temporary shelters

Surface Forms

Etymology